Potential N processing by southern Everglades freshwater marshes: Are Everglades marshes passive conduits for nitrogen?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-68

  Wozniak, Jeffrey R ^a   Anderson, William T ^b   Childers, Daniel L ^c   Gaiser, Evelyn E ^b   Madden, Christopher J ^d   Rudnick, David T ^d  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Freshwater flow; Hydrological restoration; Marl soils; Nitrogen cycle; Oligotrophic; Peat soils; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ECOTONE; ENERGY FLUX; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; MARL; MARSH; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; WATER COLUMN;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE;

EID: 84655169196     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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